Luke Elliot, The Big Wind was released on May 8, 2020
"Born and based in New Jersey, this is Luke Elliot’s third album, another collection of brooding grandeur delivered in his deep tones, a bit like Nick Cave or even Jackie Leven at times. Recorded in Oslo with Swedish multi-instrumentalist Bebe Risenfors (a frequent Tom Waits collaborator) and Norwegian guitarist Freddy Holm, the title is a reference to the European storm which, on January 6, 1839, known as the Night of the Big Wind, swept across Ireland and the United Kingdom causing several hundred deaths and here swerving as a metaphor for a personal and professional maelstrom."